Gently putting down the bowl of porridge, the queen stood up, crossed her hands in front of her, condescendingly, showing the royal majesty and the demeanor of the mother, and shouted: "Bold minion, don't kneel yet!" ”

The little palace maid's heart trembled, but she just glanced at the queen who was not angry and arrogant, and her legs bent and knelt down without obeying the call, and pressed her head against the floor: "The master spares his life, the master spares his life!" ”

"Raise your head!"

The little palace maid raised her head, she had only seen the queen so imposing in a few scenes, once someone in the harem practiced witchcraft, dug out a cloth humanoid puppet from under the big elm tree in the palace, the queen used the punishment of the palace for the first time, and the other time was that the four princes killed the little eunuch, the queen was furious, and let the four princes stand under the sun on a hot summer day, and one stop was more than three days.

The queen paced lightly, approached the little palace maid, stopped, and her eyes were cold: "I still remember that you just entered the palace, you are young and timid, and you are often bullied by others, and you don't dare to find someone to ask for an explanation, but you are crying secretly behind your back. The waiter found that the rice porridge you cooked was sticky and fragrant, which was unexpected by the palace, so he kept you by his side. ”

The little palace maid nodded again and again, constantly thanking, she thought that it was luck and accident to get the queen's favor back then, but she never thought that there was such a deep meaning.

"You're not bad, you haven't been arrogant because you've become pampered around this palace, you have bullied others, you have been kind to people on weekdays, even when witchcraft was most prevalent in the palace, you have never cursed others behind your back. This palace knows that you will touch some palace objects on weekdays and take them out to pawn and buy them. I don't blame you for this palace, my hometown has three acres of thin fields, five or six brothers. A few thatched huts always need someone to raise, and in the end the burden does not fall on your shoulders. The queen said flatly, and suddenly sighed with emotion, "Although the palace is big, it is not popular, and no one regards this as a home." It's more like a boxy cage where people on the outside want to get in and people on the inside want to get out. ”

One sentence pokes at the softest place in the heart of the little palace maid. Tears flowed down her face.

"Still." The queen's words changed, "This palace can forgive stealing and pawning things in the palace, and it can also forgive gossip in private, but the most unbearable thing is to form a party for personal gain." Hidden arrows hurt. The smiling face in front of people and the viciousness behind people, killing people without seeing blood, do you know the deep meaning of this palace?! ”

The tears of the little palace maid solidified on her face, and she kept kowtowing: "The slave knows the mistake, the slave knows the mistake, the slave should not tell the second prince, let alone tell the second prince the whereabouts of the master." ”

When the queen heard this, her face softened. Sitting back from the new seat, Yu Yu sighed: "Since you admit it." This palace will not hold you accountable either. This palace doesn't need to explain to you, but today's conversation has started, and I will make it clear to you that this palace also has eyeliner placed next to the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and the princess, but the second prince and the third prince know it well, and they know that this palace has good intentions, and they just want to know more about their daily life. The princess has a pure nature, and she can't imagine that there is someone around her, and the fourth prince is even more clever and ingenious, constantly pleasing the eyeliner around her. But you're different, you're a black chess piece placed next to the palace, and the palace doesn't like to do things, I hope you will behave yourself in the future and don't act recklessly. If the second prince asks again, he will say that the palace already knows. ”

The little palace maid kept kowtowing, admitting her mistakes, and was frightened, she thought she was doing it secretly, but she didn't know that the queen knew it, but she didn't mention it, and not mentioning it was the most terrible place.

"Hey, you can't be blamed for this matter, it's not anyone's fault that I like someone." The queen spoke.

The voice was very soft, but it exploded in the ears of the little palace maid, and the deepest secret in her heart was inadvertently revealed, and she was at a loss, when the second prince found her, she just stood in front of the second prince, she was full of joy, and her heart was as sweet as eating honey, she lowered her head and raised her eyebrows and secretly glanced at the second prince, and then lowered her head again.

Hearing that the second prince asked her to do something, she hesitated again and didn't dare to agree. The second prince didn't embarrass her, but just said that it didn't hurt to let her think about it, and it didn't hurt if she didn't admit it. The little palace maid was both happy and depressed in her heart, lying on the bed at night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep at night, thinking of the second prince's understanding, she gritted her teeth and nodded in agreement. She vaguely remembered the warm smile of the second prince when she heard it, and she was unconsciously happy in her heart, and the depression at the beginning was swept away, which could make the second prince happy, and she would be even happier.

The queen broke her heart, but she didn't dare to admit it, and hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare!" ”

The corners of the queen's mouth unconsciously showed a smile, it seems that she guessed right, this little palace woman is pure and good, timid and afraid of things, if it is not for Shuo'er in her heart, there is the courage to do such a thing, no matter how timid a woman is, she will not be timid in front of the person she likes, but she will become more and more bold, she can't tell right from wrong, and it is worth dying for that person, and she is even happier. And this kind of woman basically stepped into the sea of misery in the end, and she couldn't turn back, the more she struggled backwards, the more crazy she became, and did things she didn't dare to imagine, such as putting some poison in the rice porridge just now, and finally died tragically, becoming a victim of the power struggle, and the saddest thing is that this girl may not even get a trace of mercy from her beloved.

The queen sighed, if Shuo'er was grasping the little palace maid's thoughts, then this is really the pity of this girl, I hope that what she just said can have a positive effect, so that the little girl can sober up, there is nothing wrong with liking someone, and it is wrong to distinguish between right and wrong. The biggest difference between this little girl and Lin Wan'er and Chen Nuonuo is not her talent, identity and appearance, the biggest difference is that Lin Wan'er and Chen Nuonuo both have independent personalities from others, they are entangled with Qian'er, but they are never attached to Qian'er and become accessories.

This is also where the queen has been distressed, getting along with Zhao Gan is casual and natural, getting along with Roujia is like getting along with a child, and getting in touch with the clever ghost Zhao Ting is even more casual, but getting along with the second prince Zhao Shuo, the queen always feels like she is separated by a wall, and she can never put her heart into her heart.

"Okay, let's go down, this palace is tired and needs to rest." The queen said, picked up the blue from the new, and continued the rest of the knitting. It won't be long before I can leave this cage, and the joy overflows my heart again.

In candlelight. The queen's fingertips were a little faster, like a prisoner who was about to escape from the cage, and like a young woman who was about to leave the cabinet to be married, silent, silent, joyful, and urgent.

After a few pieces of large rice are done. The queen ordered the imperial dining room to make a table of meals, which were not sumptuous, but very simple and homely. He also ordered someone to send messages to several princes and princesses, and went to Kunning Palace for dinner in the evening, and the queen specially asked people to explain that it was "eating", not "eating".

Zhao Shuo listened. Stand up from the Imperial Desk. Ordered everyone to leave the imperial study, took out a carrier pigeon, sent it out along the windowsill, and flew back in the middle of the day, the carrier pigeon was not tied to the leg, Zhao Shuo shook his head and smiled bitterly, it seems that the queen mother already knows.

The letter was sent to the Chengqian Palace, and Zhao Qian got up and said, "Got it." After returning to his mother, the son must arrive. He sat back on the futon. Chanting excessively.

Zhao Ting knew, his brows furrowed, he thought about it for a long time, and he didn't feel a little panicked and at a loss in his heart.

When Rou Jia knew about this, she unconsciously smiled on her face, thinking that they were all a family, and they could say anything.

At night, the huge palace is lit up, taking advantage of the heavy snow that has just fallen in the past few days, it suddenly becomes brighter, in addition to the snow on several main roads has been swept out, the palace is now also covered with thick snow, stepping on it squeaks, there is a unique flavor.

The first to arrive at Kunning Palace was Roujia, in the old husband Hong's voice of "princess slow down, princess slow down", Princess Roujia flew at her feet, hurriedly entered the room, and as soon as she entered the door, she threw herself into the stove, and kept saying: "Freeze me, freeze me to death." ”

The queen doted on the small stove, looking at Roujia's frozen red face, her heart was even more doting, when the queen mother was there, she was not allowed to say the word death in the palace, except for Roujia, according to the meaning of the queen mother's words, others said that death was unlucky, and Xiao Roujia said that death showed a trace of joy.

took out the embroidered phoenix peony lilac and handed it to the meat price: "Come and try it and see if it fits?" ”

Rou Jia took it with both hands, put it on her body with a hula sound, and turned around a few times, and the big flies in circles, like a butterfly: "Queen Mother, fit, of course fit." ”

The queen grabbed the lively Rou Jia, and said softly: "Don't turn around, let the queen mother see, well, it really fits, it fits well." As she spoke, she gently removed the extra threads, and the queen showed a reluctant look on her face.

Subsequently, Zhao Ting arrived, and some strangers stood not far away to meet the queen, looking rusty.

The queen sighed, Ting'er, this kid has done something, and she thinks a lot, but she is also young, and everything she thinks in her heart is revealed on her face, and she beckons to Zhao Ting.

Zhao Ting twisted and approached.

The queen took out the dark green coat embroidered with birds and clouds and put it on Zhao Ting, and pinched Zhao Ting's face: "Ting'er, the queen mother will give you an explanation in a while." ”

"Mother, I'm ......" Zhao Ting wanted to speak and stopped, but finally chose to be silent, standing aside with his hands supporting the dark green daqi, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Zhao Shuo and Zhao Gan came one after another, and the queen also gave the two of them the big piece that had been prepared a long time ago, and handed over the big piece of embroidered peony to Zhao Shuo and asked him to transfer it to Pan Meimei, and then handed over the big piece of embroidered flowers and birds to Zhao Gan and asked him to pass it on to Yan'er.

The eunuchs in the imperial dining room said goodbye, walked in with the home-cooked meals cooked in the imperial dining room, put it down gently, and came out again.

The queen took Rou Jia's hand and sat down first, and the others sat down next, the whole table was slightly restrained and silent, Zhao Ting stretched out his chopsticks and just picked up a few dishes around him, without speaking, except for Rou Jia to say a few words,

Seeing this scene, the queen shook her head and said, "I forgot when the last time the family had a meal together. At that time, your father was busy with the affairs of the court, and he said several times that he wanted the family to have a meal, but he couldn't spare time. If you have to find out such a time, it can only be traced back to the Wanshou Festival when Lin Wan'er entered Beijing, time flies, this is not false at all, in the blink of an eye, several years have passed, and I have not felt the slightest change. ”

"Thinking of that Halloween, there are still a lot to recall, Lin Wan'er's girl pretended to be crazy and stupid, but she won the first place with a song "Qinyuan Spring", that night Shuo'er presented a warm jade in southern Xinjiang, Ting'er wrote a word, Roujia gave herself out as a gift, a beautiful fairy dance, if you say the strangest, it is still Qian'er's strange musical instrument and that song that is too explicit."

"However, if you want to talk about your father's embarrassment, don't look at your father's high-minded leftist in front of others, but he is very casual in private. Qian'er's explicit song, your father still likes it, and often hums it in front of me, but unfortunately, it is no longer in tune at all, and it deviates from 108,000 miles while singing, and the eight donkeys can't pull it back, which is really laughing to death. ”

After talking for a long time, the atmosphere in the venue was still silent.

The queen smiled faintly and put down the dishes and chopsticks in her hand: "The queen mother knows that you have doubts in your hearts, but the queen mother doesn't explain much, she can only tell you this, the violent death of the university scholar has nothing to do with the queen mother, the queen mother's return to heaven has nothing to do with the queen mother, and the death of your father has nothing to do with the queen mother, the queen mother is not perfect, when she was young, she also had some dark thoughts, and she missed certain things, but marrying His Majesty in this life is the most correct and happiest decision of the queen mother." ”

She is the mother of a country, explained softly, and looked at her children with a smile.

Suddenly, there was silence in the field, Zhao Shuo and Zhao Qian stood up suddenly, knelt down, Zhao Ting suddenly cried, tears fell like beads with broken threads, and the sound of sobbing continued, he wiped his face with his sleeve, looked at the second brother and the third brother, and knelt down.

The queen's words are too important, too many things have happened in the capital, they have speculated too many possibilities, including the queen's figure, but the queen's words have made their hearts suddenly brighten, they need the queen to say this, and they only need this sentence.

Finally, their closest queen mother gave them the answers and trust they needed most, without evidence, just a sentence.

Zhao Shuo opened his mouth, his voice was a little whimpering: "Queen Mother, the son is wrong, you shouldn't suspect the queen mother, please let the queen mother calm her anger and punish the son minister." ”

The queen smiled: "It's all a little stupid, how can a mother be angry with her own child in this world." Get up quickly, the ground is cold, or the queen mother will be angry. ”

The three of them got up slowly, sat back anew, put down a trace of burden in their hearts, and put aside the ups and downs in the capital for the time being.

The queen looked at the children with a smile, sighed long, and said, "The queen mother is going to Luoyang Palace, and the affairs of the court will be handed over to you." (To be continued.) )